Thanksgiving 2015

Thanksgiving is the day we share Gratefulness, in quiet prayer Hand in hand, at table, sitting It’s proper, righteous, good, and fitting But I say we should give a roar For all the things we’re thankful for And raise our voices and the mood In fine,...

What Not to Do

Poets are required To communicate with brevity To get a message over With some synthesis and levity But how am I to summarize What I think this week means? An epidemic’s coming And we’ve thrown out the vaccines Our blimp has got a great big rip And no one brought the...

Stand By Your Memoirs

In politics and poetry In statesmanship and rhyming Success is so elusive That it all comes down to timing With Jeb’s campaign in crisis And concern about his run The story breaks this week About remarks by 41? It strikes me as imprudent And alarmingly un-subtle...